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This Peoria, Illinois USA Alternative-Metal band was formed in the mid-'90s
by four guys: vocalist Spag born Chad Gray, guitarist Gurrg real name
Greg Tribbett and drummer Kud born Matthew McDonough; bass player Ryan
Martinie, who nicknamed himself Ryknow, was the last to join the ranks.
They self-released a demo-disc entitled "Kill I Oughta" in
1997 which landed them a recording contract with Epic Records and then
all the members began performing live with surrealistic makeup.
After an American tour as opening act for Slipknot,
in August 2000, Mudvayne released its major label debut album, "L.D.
50" referred to the pharmacological count for lethal dosages, it
debuted at #85 on The Billboard Top 200 chart selling over half a million
copies; the record contained two Mainstream Rock top 40 hits: "Dig"
and "Death Blooms".
Over the course of the following year, the band continued to tour heavily
playing on the same stage as Ozzy Osbourne
and System Of A Down; in November
their debut disc was repackaged and reissued by Sony Music under the title
"The Beginning Of All Things To End", the set included 17-minute-puzzle
"L.D. 50" plus two remixes of "Dig".
The next album of new material came out in November 2002, "The End
Of All Things To Come" smashed into the top 20 of The Billboard 200
chart spawning "Not Falling" which peaked at #11 on The Mainstream
Rock Tracks chart and the Active Rock top 20 hit "World So Cold";
all the members of Mudvayne in the meantime changed their nick-names:
Spüg for Spag, Chüd for Kud, Güüg for Gurrg and R-üD
for Ryknow; they supported the album at 2003's Summer Sanitarium stadium
tour with with Metallica, Limp
Bizkit, Linkin Park and Deftones.
The quartet returned in April 2005 with "Lost And Found", their
fourth album of all-new-material was preceded by the promotional video
for the opening track "Determined"; the set yielded two further
Active Rock radio hit singles: "Happy?" and "Forget To
Remember".
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